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Category: World & Travel
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Roundup: Travel Rules & Advisories, Bolivia unrest and Japan quake updates, and more.
Travel Advisories and Entry Rule Updates this week: The U.S. State Department has reissued a Level 2 ‘Exercise Increased Caution’ advisory for Bolivia, citing; and This matters for World & Travel because it gives a concrete current signal…
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Roundup: Climate & Travel, Why biodiversity doom might be overblown, and more.
Climate, Environment, and Sustainable Tourism this week: In a Foreign Policy article, conservation scientists John Gittleman and Stuart Pimm challenge the dominant narrative; and A new report quantifies the direct interference of…
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Roundup: Middle East Conflict & Global Travel, Austrian Airlines keeps Middle, and more.
Middle East Conflict & Global Travel Disruptions this week: Austrian Airlines, a Lufthansa Group subsidiary, has extended its suspension of flights to nine Middle Eastern; and Major shipping lines, including KMTC, Wan Hai, MSC, Maersk…
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Roundup: Iran-US Maritime Standoff, US seizes ship, Iran calls it piracy, and more.
Geopolitical Tensions and Travel Disruptions this week: The US Navy seized an Iranian-flagged container ship, the Touska, near the Strait of Hormuz, citing a violation of; and On day 54 of the Iran conflict, President Trump extended a…
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Roundup: Iran-US Strait Standoff, US seizes ship, Iran calls it piracy, and more.
Iran-US Conflict and Global Tensions this week: The US seizure of an Iranian-flagged container ship near the Strait of Hormuz has escalated maritime tensions, with; and The US has extended a ceasefire with Iran, conditioning its…
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Roundup: Travel Disruptions, 122 passengers miss flight Milan EU border system, and more.
Travel Disruptions, Warnings, and Incidents this week: The EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES), which requires biometric registration for non-EU travelers, has triggered; and A coalition of over 120 civil-society groups, including the ACLU and…
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Roundup: Global Travel Warnings, Bolivia unrest and Iraq ‘Do Not Travel’, and more.
Travel Advisories & Government Warnings this week: The U.S. State Department has reissued a Level 2 travel advisory for Bolivia, urging increased caution due to civil; and The UN Security Council has postponed a vote on a Bahrain-drafted…
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Brazil, Mexico, Spain issue joint statement backing Cuba amid …
Brazil, Mexico, and Spain issued a joint diplomatic statement expressing ‘deep concern’ over Cuba’s ‘grave humanitarian crisis’ and calling for international measures to alleviate it.
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Brazil, Mexico, Spain issue joint statement backing Cuba amid …
Brazil, Mexico, and Spain have issued a joint diplomatic statement expressing ‘deep concern’ over Cuba’s ‘grave humanitarian crisis’ and urging international action.